Columbus Day Holiday

Published: October 6, 1989

Columbus Day will be observed on Monday, but the Columbus Day parade in Manhattan will be held today. Because of the parade, Fifth Avenue from 44th to 86th Streets will be closed from 11:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Here are holiday schedules for Monday. NEW YORK Government offices: Closed. Post offices: Express Mail and special delivery only. Main post office at 33d St. and Eighth Ave. open. Banks: Option to close. Parking: Alternate-side rules suspended. Sanitation: No pickups or street cleaning. Schools: Closed. Financial markets: Open. Transportation: Buses, subways, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North on regular weekday schedules. Libraries: New York Public Library, Brooklyn and Queens libraries closed. NEW JERSEY Government offices: Closed. Post offices: Express Mail and special delivery service only. Banks: Closed. Schools: Most closed, local option. Transportation: N.J. Transit on regular weekday schedules. CONNECTICUT Government offices: Closed Post offices: Express Mail and special delivery service only. Banks: Closed. Schools: Closed. Transportation: New Haven line on regular weekday schedule.